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J. B. BENTON. Para Register.

No. 229,662. Patented July 6,1880.

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Pme Register. No. 229,662.

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Patented July 6,1880.

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J. B. BENTON. Pere Register.

No. 229,662. Patented Juy 6,1880.

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Fare Register.

No. 229,662. Patented July 6,1880.

wheels, B, ofwell-known construction, mounted on suitable urhors,post.s, or sliutts in the upper end ot' the eusing, the wheels heilig preteruhly arranged iii :t seniieirele oi eoneentrieully, :is shown. 'lliis perninnent registeris eupnhleot registering on immense number ot' tin-es, the first wheel registering units, the next tens, unil so on,eueh wheel heilig provided with ten teeth or notches, mid :it every eoniplete revolution turning the next highest oountiiig-u-'heel the distunee ot' one tooth or one-tenth of' :t revo lutioii.

lhe eonstruetion und operntion ot' this eluss ot' multiplying registering nieelninisni nre so well understood thiit detuiled deseript-ion is deemed nniumessury. 'lhe eireuhir or eoiieentrie nrrungenient ot' the wheels, however, is ndvuiitngeous, :is it. leuves :t eenirul spin-,e l'oi the reeeption ot' the trip-registering nieehn-nisin hereinnl't'er deseriheil, und thereh'vzillows ot' u. eonipiiet orgunizntion und nrrnnge nientot'the ineehunisin.

The sluit'ts ot' the register-wheels nre. extended throngh snituhle openings in the hiielt plute ot' the ensing :ind l'iiiiiished willi index lingers or pointers, whieh, in eonneetion with `isii'itnhle dinls t'oi'nied upon the. ensiiig, one. t'or eneli wheel nud pointer, enuhle. thel register to he rend ott' :it n glunee.

'lo proveiit. tii-iiiperiiig with the pointers :nid ineehnnisin, .l eniplo)v u hinged eover, A', whieh when loelted prevents neeess to the index. Instend, however, ol' employing the index- 1ui.nds,suitiihle openings in the hnelt ot' the easing muy he used, whieh would permit. ot inspeeting niiiiiernlsoii theregisteriiig-wheels.

'lhe trip-registeringl ineehiinisin eoiisists ot' un netnntiiig-wheel, O, turning with u suituhle post. or uxle, linviiig its hein-ing in the linelt phite ol' the eusing, thel wheel heilig provided with ten teeth or notehes, e, in this instunee.

Mounted loosely upon n projeeting huh, tl', ot` the wheel U, so ns to turn t'reely thereon, is :t toothed wheel, l), rigidi)v eonneeteil through un interniediute sleeve, d., with ny thit disk, lf), whieh is provided on its thee, neur the. periphery, with iiun'iernls l to tl, inelusive, (ny hhinlt spjiee heilig' lel't hetween .l und 1,) und eonstitutes the tens-dish ot' the register.

A second disk, l, soniewhiit siniilur to the tirst-,nnd provided with the nuniernls` t) to t), inelusive, is plueed `inst over the tens-dish, heing i'ixed upon the sipiured upper end ot the huh tl', sous to turn therewith, und constitutes the unit-disk ot' the register.

At every eoinplete revolntioii ol' the unit.- disk the tens-disl iiuiltes one-tenth ot' n. revolution, whereby` the trip-register, in this instniiee, is ezi-piihle ot' registering iiinetvnine titres, whieh is ii-inply sutiieient t'or ordinury purposes; but'. another dish to register hniidreds nul-y he added in well-ltiuiwn ways, it' desired.

As the nnitdish lies direetlyover the tensdlslt, l provide the tornier with slots fopposite the nunieinls on its tnee, by whieh to rend the numerals on the thee ot' the latter.

i For eouvenienee iu reading or inspecting the tiip-register, and to enable the passenger to see that his i'zire is properl)` registereil. :in opening or window, a', is inn-de in the. front ot' the ezising A, :nid to preventtnnipei'ing with the nieehiinisin or disks through this window it is eoi'ei'ed with sinne triinspin'ent. niuteriul, sneh us ghiss, :is usuul.

The. nliirni nieehniiisni is mounted in the lower und sninllei' end ot' the ensing, nnd eoii sists ot' :i hell` (l, :ind hnniiner H, the. uriu or lever ll ot' whieh is pivoted itt/1.,;ind is norniullv held slightly out ol' eoutuet with thi-.hell h v n. spring, li.

'lhe zietiizitor or pi'inie niorer of hoth sets 0l' registering ineehnnisin (the periiiunent.oreontinuouslyenunting register und the. trip or teinptirnry register) und ot' the ulziini :tplm-- riitiis eonsists, in this iiistzinee, otl ny slide or push-hui, l, the upper end or iieeh ot' whieh moves endwise. through un opeuiiig iii the upper end ot' the ensing, nud is provided with it snituhle tingerpieee oi| hutten, i'. 'lhe hur is nlso provided inside the ensing, neni' its np per end, with :t gniile-slot, if', through whieh is pits-sed :i lixeil lienileil pin or guide-staren',und '.it. its lower end with :i gnideslot, i, through whieh is nlso pu-ssed n. guide-pin. \\'liereh the steud i'eeiproeutinii ol the puslrhuris seeiiied.

The slide oi' hin l luis two :irins-one ai. short urni, l', wlii'eii eurries :i spring-pztwl, .,l, to ziet'.- iuite the unt wheel ot' the. perinnnentI register h v eiignging with one ot' its ten teeth, und the other :ilong inin, 1"', whieh enrries u springpuwl, .1', to netunte the wheel (j ot' the tripregister h v enguging one ot' its ten teeth i'. This long :iin'i ulso :iiiries nnothei' `springpnwl, J1', whieh eiigiiges with the short ii-rin li'3 ot' the. hell-huinnier lever to rnise the. linininer (hy ioelt'ing its lever on its pivot) n. ilistnnee. sii|li.ieiit,\\'lieii relensed :ind hroughtdown hv the :ietion ot' the spring, to produee iin ziliirni.

'llie three. indelunident. :ietunting pnwl-eoiineetioiis whieh l linve shown und deserihed` one. eueh tor the. two registering ineehniiisins und t'oi' the ziliirin, :ire pivoted or yielding pnwls lielil to their work hv springs ueting thereon, und l terni these suid iiiilept-,nileut `vielding uetuuting puwl:eoiineetions, pivoted spring netuuting-pitwls.

.lust over the pnwl J', whieh uetiuiites the wheel U,iind on the sii-inenrhor or pin with it, is pivoted iiiiother pn.wl j, zii-lupted onee :it every eoniplete revoliiiioii ot` the wheel U to vihru-te into :i noteh, e', t'orined in its periphery in line with one ot' the. netiiutingnoielies e, wheiehy the pnwl j is ullowed to eoine in eontuet with one ot' the teeth on the wheel l), connected with :nid :ietuntng the disk E, :ind rotzi-te thnt. dish one-tenth ol' u revolution, or the distunee et' one noteh, in it \\'ellltnown wny in registering u-ppiiiutus.

lo render it, iiiipossihle to ring the. hell \vitli out. operating the registering nieeliuuisni, l inn-lie use of nl shifting spring doteiit-pi'twl, L, in conneetion with two series ot' rutehets t'orined ton the edge ofthe long orin of thopusli-bur or lOO slide, substantially :Ls shown in reissued Letters Potent ot' the United States No. 0,146, dnted November 24, i874, und No.t,i)2!i, dnted Februury 15, i876, grunted to the Ruil wuy Ree ister Mnnufucturing Company us thenssig'nee ot' Joseph Corbett, in which recited Letters Putent n i'ull description of the construction und operation ot' thisderiee is set i'orth.

The operation ofthe meehnnism thus l'ur described is us follows: At every complete inward stroke ot' the pushbar or slide the nuit wheel otl the permnnent register is rotated the distance ot' one-tooth, or ouetenth ot' u revolution, by the puwl J, the nctuntiugr-wheel C, end consequently the unit-disk ot' the tripregister, is rotuted the distunce ol' one tooth by the pnwl J', nud the ulurm is soumled by the puwl J1, the push-bur being` thrown outwn-rd utter every complete inward movement by :t suitnblespring, in u well-knou'n wey. At the tenth znituutiou of the unit-wheel oi' the permnnent register u tooth thereon eng-ities with ono of' the notches ot' the next or tenswheel, moving' it the distance oi' one. tooth, which operntion continues throughout the series ot' wheels, while ut the tenth uetnntion el' the unit-disk oll the trip-register the puwl j (which hns hitherto been kept from eng'nge ment with the uetunting-wheel l) ot' the tensdisk) vibrntes into the notch e' in the uetnuling-whcel (j ol' the unit-disk nud eng-,lees the suid toothed wheel 1) ol' the tensdisk, turning it one point, or one-tenth ol' nyrerolntifm, the trip-register then showing u record ot' ten nctnulions ol' the push-bur, und consequently thut mnnber ol' i'ures collected, while n like record or inereuse is shown by the pernninent register.

bnitnble puwls, s s', oiwcltknowu construetion, ure provided` which prevent buck rotution oi' the unit-wheel ol the permuuent register und thel uctnnting-wheel ol the ti'ipueeister.

ln order to reset the trip-register nt the end ot" eneh trip, or whenever desired, or, in other words, to bring' the register to zero without. disturbing,l the integrity ot` the record preserved by the pernninent register, so us to commence, registeriug,r nncw, l mount in the eusing, iust over the trip-registering disks, u platte, N, lixed upon one end ot' nu axle, slnil't, or urbor turning' in n henring in the i'ront pluto oi' the cnsing', und provided on its projecting' end with u thumb wheel,.uut, or key, N', by which to opernte the plnte t'rom the outside ol' the easing. rlhis plnte is pret'erubly eireulnr in shupe, with u com edge or enlnrgement, n, on one side, und on the buck oi this enlure'ed or cum edge next the registering-disks E l" is l'ormed un inclined shoulder or projection, n', the. nbrupt sideot which is udnpted to engage with or u-but. uguinst suitnble lugs, pins, or projections cf', respectively rising' i'rom the luces ol' the suid disks, when suid plntc is turned i'orwnrd in the direction iudicnted by the urrow in Figs. 3, S, nud tl.

'lhe disk Il is slightly enlurged or provided with u com or extended edge, e', on one side,

(correspomling' to the enlargement el' the plute N,) to curry its projection e, whereby the projections on the disks nre permitted to be brought in line, und the twodisks consequently mored round together when ene'ng'ed b the projection u ol' the turning' plnte. 'lhe suid plute N is normnlly locked t'rom turning by menus ot :t spring dclent. or bolt, (l, passing' through the l'ront plnte ot' the cusing und en engine' with un opening iin med ut the proper point in the plute., the detent beine' provided outside the cnsing with n sniluble linger piece or wheel, O', und when locked in this position un opening' or window, n, t'ormcd in the sind turning' plnte, corresponds with thnt. in the cusing through which the register is rend, und will not. therel'ore obstruct. the i'ree inspection oi' snid register.

The locking; delent or bolt is rnised or retrucled when the pluie N is to be turned to set or bring' the tripreeister torwnrd to zero, the projection n on the plete und those ef on the trip-disks being so org'nnized thut. no mutter in whnt relnlire positions the disks muy be owingl to the opcrution oi' the register, :t single revolution oi' ille pluie will snilice to gnlher or bring' them to zero. or tlic sturtingpoint, ut which point the. windows in tinl pluie und cnsing; ure in line, while the plnle will be uutonmtienlly locked l'rom turning' by ils detent O.

lt will be obvious thut when the pluie is turned to reset the registerthe nnmernls thereol' will be hid l'rom riew until u complete t'orwurd revolution oll the pluie tukes pince, the. pluie being; locked i'rom buck rotntion or morrment nller the turning"movement luis commenced by n pnwl, l, (hereinnl'ler describerh) which eng'ng'es n suitnble shoulder or teeth, n?, i'ornied in tlieedgeol' the. plute. (See Figs. I5 und itl.)

The turning' plntc N, thcrel'ore, is not. only the menus t'or resetting' the. trip-disks b y neting directly thereon, but il. is nlso n coun-ing'- plnte, which obscures or hides the tignres on the disks i'rom riew during` the reset tint: more ments oi the trip-register. As the snid pluie is locked i'rom bnckwurd movement,nl'ull l'orwurd movement'. ol" the pluie, when once commenced, must be completed in order to bring the windows ol' the resetting-pluto und ensing' into eoimcidence, so ns to permit n. riew oi' the register-wheels, und this prevents l'rnndulent nntnipulntion oll suid trip-register by theresetting mechnnism, innsmuch :is the conductor cunnot. turn the trip-disks, or either ot' them, in their countiin; direction, to suit his plnus, und then return the plute, with its window in position to View the indicntion so mnde, butl he is compelled to continue or complete the movement und reset the disks to zero in order to sure himselll Irom exposure, which would l'ollow lrom the inubility ol' the pusseng'ers or n detective to observe the indieution ol' the register through the window in l'ront ol` the easing. y

rlhe moment the plete arrives with the trip- IOO disks et the point indicative of zero, or no registration, it. is automatically looked by the deteut O, bel'ore mentioned, whieh prevents ne eidentul movement oi' the turning piute, uml the trip-disl s with it, pnst the point from whieh the register is to be stauted in the eouutiup; operutions, und nlso prevents neeideutnl movement ol the pluie by the tripdisl s us they :ire turned in the process ot" .eouutiu, or tallyino.

To register eueh movement ol' the turning plzue, :ind eonsequently eateh time the trip register is reset or brought to zero, the emuede'e o' snid pluie und thnt ol' tlu` dish l is terminated Iulu'uptly, so :is to torni u. shoulder, behind whieh engages the short :trui of n. lever-puwl,

the t'ront. plate oi' the eusine', uudjointed nt. p'

`0r toothed wheel, it, provided ou its i'uee with nnmeruls '.idnpted to be rend us the wheel is rotated through u suitnble opening; iu the l'ront. ol' the onsiuf". (See i"i;s.l und lll.) A suitu.- ble spring' nets upon the lever t to keep its end pressed elose to the edge oi` the turning' plete N, :t sniluble sprinl;l nets upon the pnwl Q, to keep it. iu engugemeutwith the rutehet wheel 1t, und u. suitable powl, r, prevents book rot-.ttiou ol` t-he sitid wheel.

As the covering-pluto N is turned in at l'orwurd direotiou (being loelted from turning;l bzuzkwurd by the lever-puwl) the end ot' the lever-pzuvl P bein-s ug'uinstits edge or periphery, und its its euuredgen is brought round in conta-et `with the lever it (the lever) is rocked upon its pivot, raising,Y the outer end ot' its long; urm und elevatingl the powl Q, eurried thereby, the distunee oi' one tooth ou the ritteh et. wheel lt. As soon us' the eznn -edge u is turned pust the lever, whieh is :it the moment the pluto is uutomutieully loelted und the tripregister is ut zero, the lot-,hing end oi' the lever is immediutely l'oreed iu behind the shoulder formed ut the termination ot' the cum-edge, cruising the puwl Q, pin iointed to its long urm, to deseend, moving,l the registerinsl retehl, pivoted nt. p upon the. inside ol' et-wheel the distance of one tooth, which oper :ition is indieuted by :t new numeral or number to beinspeeted through 'the opening,r a? in front.

lheeonstruetion, operation, nud advantages oi' my improvements will be obvious i'roni the foregoing deseription without. further elaboretion.

I diseluim herein in t'u-vor ot'mynpplieution ior Letti-.rs luteut. tiled November 7, 1878, of whieh this present euse is :i division, all put.- entuble subjeet.uuittershown in the two appliezLtions whieh is not. speeilieully elttimed in this present. one, the intent-:nul object of this present upplieutiou heine; to eover nud include only the pnrtieuhu eombinotions of meehunism set out. in the following' two eluusesot' ehtiunwhile reserving us the s1ib it.et.iiint.ter ol` my snid npplieiition oi' November, 1878, ull other patent- ;ible tentures ot' my improved register.

Whnt. I do ehi-im herein :is ot my own iuventiou isl. 'lhe eombiuutiou, substnntiztlly :is hereinbei'ore. set i'orth, in :t ture-register, ol' meehunism t'or pt-.ruutneutly registering' eneh ture :is eolleeted, meehouism l'or indieutiug;l the titres eolleeted on eueh trip, ulurm meelutnisiu, :tud :tu schutter, slide, or push-bur provided with pivoted spring netuoting-puwls, one l'or eneh registering` meelmuism und i'or the uhu-in meehanism.

2. The eombimition, substmuiully :is hereinbefore set. i'orth, oi' permanent or continuous registeriug;` meeluiuism, temporary or trip registi-ring;` meeluinism, :ihn-m meehunisni, on

uetuutor, slide, or pushbur prt'ivided with piv.l

oted spring; uetimting-pztwls, one eneh l'or the registering meehuuisms und i'or the '.tlurm, ond meehunism l'or registering,`- eu-eh time the trip register is brought to zero, or the storting'- point..

lu testimony whereol' i lnive hereunto subscribed my nome.

JOHN l. BENTON.

\\'itnesses:

Wu. S. BEAMAN, AN'rnoNv Grunn, Jr. 

